Airplane Crash - Karachi, Pakistan 08/14/1959
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Karachi, Pakistan
| Date | 08/14/1959 |
| Time | 17:14 |
| Location | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Operator | Pakistan International Airlines |
| Type | Vickers 815 Viscount |
| Registration | AP-AJE |
| Cn/In | 337 |
| Aboard | 3 |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The trainee captain attempted a maneuver in disregard of the prescribed limitations of such a maneuver. A two-engine overshoot was attempted at a very low height and below the prescribed minimum speed, when the aircraft was committed to a landing. This resulted in a violent yaw and sharp drop which could not be controlled. The training captain was conversant with the minimum requirements of a two-engine overshoot of the Viscount 815 aircraft but appears to have overestimated his performance. |
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